By AFPDriver Tharaa Ali takes her seat at the helm of a high-speed train ferrying pilgrims to Mecca, a beneficiary of conservative Saudi Arabia's bid to employ its booming female workforce.Saudi women only gained the right to drive in 2018, and until...

By AFPHeavy rains in the Saudi coastal city of Jeddah on Thursday delayed flights, forced school suspensions and closed the road to Mecca, Islam's holiest city, state media reported.Jeddah, a city of roughly four million people positioned on the Red...

A Saudi citizen was arrested for facilitating the movement of a US-Israeli reporter who entered Mecca where non-Muslims are not allowed to set foot, announced the Saudi Police in Mecca on Friday.The Saudi citizen was referred to the Public Prosecutio...